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Iris pseudacorus, the yellow flag, yellow iris, or water flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Its specific epithet pseudacorus means "false acorus", referring to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus (sweet flag), as they have a prominently ...
Iris is extensively grown as ornamental plant in home and botanical gardens. Presby Memorial Iris Gardens in New Jersey, for example, is a living iris museum with over 10,000 plants, [24] while in Europe the most famous iris garden is arguably the Giardino dell'Iris in Florence (Italy) which every year hosts a well attended iris breeders ...
Plants which enjoy boggy soil or shallow water around their roots (marginals) include: [2] Butomus umbellatus (flowering rush) Caltha palustris (marsh marigold) Dionaea muscipula (Venus flytrap) Drosera (sundews) Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag) Lobelia cardinalis; Lysimachia nummularia (creeping jenny) Menyanthes trifoliata (bogbean)
Yellow Iris pseudacorus flowers on a blue field of water. The heraldist François Velde is known to have expressed the same opinion: [8] However, a hypothesis ventured in the 17th c. sounds very plausible to me. One species of wild iris, the Iris pseudacorus, yellow flag in English, is yellow and grows in marshes (cf. the azure field, for water ...
The 3-locular seed capsule contains the seeds which are often circular, flat in some cases drop-like grains coloured black or sometimes orange (Iris pseudacorus). The species in the subfamily are often used as ornamental plants such as Iris and Tigridia.
A water-purifying plant (Iris pseudacorus) in growth after winter (leaves die at that time of year) The choice of plants in engineered wet-lands or managed lagoons is dependent on the purification requirements of the system and this may involve plantings of varying plant species at a range of depths to achieve the required goal.
Iridaceae (/ ɪ r ɪ ˈ d eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /) is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises.It has a nearly global distribution, with 69 accepted genera with a total of c. 2500 species.
Iris prismatica, the slender blue flag iris Index of plants with the same common name This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).